Spirit

Any Spirit fans on PA? i'm amazed , only one review and rating about this incredible album tittled Future games, i can't believe it  though i know it's more a California, Cassidy project, it's one of the most , fun and lysergic album i 've ever listened to

Great band, but never a prog band as such. I guess many of their real fans probably visit other sites.

I agree they're not prog - that's why they are listed under Proto-Prog.

I love this band, and have written a dozen or so reviews of their albums although not 'Future Games' mostly because from what I've read it isn't all that good and also because it's a little hard to find unless you want to spring $15 USD or so for the Future/Spirit of '84 combo set.

I agree Spirit was a great band, from the first album on not afraid to try anything, which in fact may have been one of their weak points.  Dr. Sardonicus is one of the absolute best albums of the era, but like many other listeners I lost interest after Ferguson and Andes left the band. 

jean-marie wrote: Give Future Games the ultimate spin, you won't regret, every Spirit fan got to listen to it

salut JM,

Until now, I just listened to The Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus: not bad at all, some tunes are really wonderful.

earlyprog wrote: Their jazzy-rocky debut is great. One of my favorite 60's albums.   One of the earliest jazz/rock pioneers.

 

Followed their music for many years. I loved the first for releases. I wasn't too fond of "Feedback" in comparison to those. I was attracted to the fact that while most bands from their era were San Francisco based.....they hailed from L.A. .....and they were different musically from many of the bands whose reputation was praised by the hippie culture. Spirit were actually considered "Art Rock" by many in my youth, however it felt socially different for everyone due to the somewhat known pre-U.K. progressive rock movement which had been in development with the Moody Blues and The Nice. People weren't exactly sure hoe to define Spirit. It was like ....here comes this American band that contains progressive elements and how do we think of it?....So...they sort of got pegged as something else and the progressive side or their jazz instrumentals were written off in the holy book of Prog. But if you sit down and listen to some of the early Progressive Rock bands from the U.K. ....many cross the same borders as Spirit. Spirit had a unique approach to composition if anything of importance....while some of the U.K. bands were actually not up to par with them. Spirit were not part of the prog genre simply because of their situation which molded into the press and people's minds. They had hits like many late 60's bands, but when listening to the albums elements which were bizzare and developed from being progressive would unfold as it does on a progressive rock release from the U.K

Edited by TODDLER - June 05 2011 at 20:21

Hi hi breaky breaky. Future Games is fantastic, one of my fave Spirit albums.

Moogtron III wrote: Hi hi breaky breaky.  Future Games is fantastic, one of my fave Spirit albums. Some completely out of this world tracks on it.      Hey! you're the first one to realy enjoy it,  God bless the Belgium (and the beer)